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Breaking Down Problems
Career Chats with Swyx and Randall
English - September 21, 2020 15:24 - 7 minutes - 6.89 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTechnology Business Careers tech careers Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When faced with a seemingly insurmountable problem, break it down.
Quote 1
"Stop worrying if you can get something done. Instead, break your problem down into many small problems. And choose just one to tackle." - Pieter Levels' MAKE book
Quote 2
Notes
- What is the ONE small thing you can do to make your life better? https://www.the1thing.com/
- Do you break down a fullstack app with frontend vs backend first?
- Interviewing strategy - Make it work, make it right, make it fast
- Test-driven development (TDD)
- Senior Devs/Architects - take requirements, break them down
CALL TO ACTION
What is something that you've solved by breaking it down, or what have you struggled with breaking down?
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